My name is jamie bosket have the privilege of serving as president and ceo here at the Virginia Museum of history and culture. And im honored to be the first to officially welcome you to tonights program. Thank you so much for joining us this evening. We are so pleased to be copresenting this timely discussion with our friends at the John Marshall center for constitutional history and civics. Im also pleased to serve on that board. The John Marshall center. But thats not the most important reason why collaboration. These two organizations is such a natural we have shared values in a shared history after all, chief justice John Marshall, as many of you know, was the very first president of this historic society, civics and history are fundamentally linked and alike, essential for an engaged citizenry. So thrilled to present this program together, i just have to take a sidebar because just the other day i was looking at the civics study presented annually by the annenberg Public Policy c
Quite often, most of our most famous decisions are ones that the court took that were unpopular. Lets go through a few cases that illustrate dramatically and visually what it means to live in a society of 310 million different people who stuck together because they believed in the rule of law. Cspan and the National Constitution Center Welcome you to the landmark cases. We explore the people and stories behind some of the Supreme Courts most famous decisions. Tonight you will be learning more about the dred scott decision. Let me introduce you about the two guests about the history. A professor and coeditor of a book of the dred scott case. Welcome to our program. Thank you for having me. Martha jones is from the university of michigan and the chair of the Africanamerican Studies Program at the law school. They can for having me. Blacks, whether free or slaves werent citizens of the United States. And they limited the spread of sliverry and saying congress didnt have the authority. So
Says for rent out of the sun, put up her own sign and then scammed the woman out of hundreds of dollars. This house on bluebird and holiday is the place dana molina hoped to raise her family. When i walked into the house, the first thing i could think of was this looks like my grandmas house. I pictured my daughter growing up to be able to go to prom. Reporter she found the house after spotting a sign that said it was for rent. 800 to move i didnt have pin or paper or my phone. I just to sign out of the ground. Reporter it was a great deal. She said she would work with me. All i had to do was pay 650 the first week, she will work with the deposit and that was it. I was like awesome. I thought this was a miracle. Reporter that it actually wasnt a deal at all. It was a sign she and her husband now see. She says this woman, patricia lamp, the woman she paid hundreds of dollars to move in, doesnt on the house and had no legal right to own it. Now she is behind bars. Its her do Something Li
Also participating in this discussion at the National Constitution center akhil amar of yale law school, and neal katyal a former acting solicitor general. Judge Michael Baylson a senior federal judge with the u. S. District court of the Eastern District of pennsylvania. And moderating, Jeffrey Rosen, president and ceo. [ applause ] ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the National Constitution center. I am Jeffrey Rosen the president of this wonderful institution which is the only institution in america chartered by congress to die simi nature information about the u. S. Constitution on a nonpartisan basis and tonight were thrilled to be introducing live on cspan a Wonderful Partnership with our dear cspan friends for a new series called landmark cases that will explore the human stories behind 12 of the most historic and frequently cited and important cases in Supreme Court history. This partnership with cspan is so important to us because nike the National Constitution center cspan is a
Neighbor harold lion was there. Young kid about 13 he landed on his feet and his dad came down, right after this. And landed right on his head. Reporter sources tell cbs3 Eyewitness News the fire is labeled suspicious. Several traces of an accelerant were found on the scene. Bren that henry says that something was wrong. It was coming from the first and third floor. It sounded like it was from the fire box. Reporter on top of that fire commissioner derek sawyer said there were no working smoking alarms. Required to have an alarm system and smoke alarms. We found neither. Reporter he praised actions of two guys who took action right away. I think that is great that they did that to save lives. It is justin stink, you know. Reporter well, 18 people in total have been displaced by this fire and 11 of them are being assisted by the red cross. Coming up at 6 00 oclock we have a lengthy interview with the owner and landlord of this building, and they claim that the fire alarms were not worki